different between haemorrhage vs nosebleed

English

Alternative forms

• hemorrhage (North American)
• hæmorrhage (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (haimorrhagía, “a violent bleeding”), from ?????????? (haimorrhag?s, “bleeding violently”), from ???? (haîma, “blood”) + -????? (-ragía), from ???????? (rh?gnúnai, “to break, burst”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?h?m???d?/, /?h?m??d?/

Noun

haemorrhage (countable and uncountable, plural haemorrhages)

1. (British spelling, pathology) A heavy release of blood within or from a body.

   We got news that he died of a haemorrhage!

2. (figuratively) A sudden or significant loss
   • 2013, Simon Jenkins, Gibraltar and the Falklands deny the logic of history (in The Guardian, 14 August 2013)[1]

     Relics of the British empire now mostly survive in the interstices of the global economy. They are the major winners from the fiscal haemorrhage that has resulted from financial globalisation.

Synonyms

• bleed
• bleeding
• hæmorrhœa
• hæmatorrhœa

Related terms

• haemorrhagic

Translations

Verb

haemorrhage (third-person singular simple present haemorrhages, present participle haemorrhaging, simple past and past participle haemorrhaged)

1. (British spelling, intransitive) To bleed copiously.

   It’s haemorrhaging now!

2. (transitive, figuratively) To lose (something) in copious and detrimental quantities.

   The company haemorrhaged money until eventually it went bankrupt.

English

Alternative forms

• nose bleed

Etymology

From nose +? bleed.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n??z?bli?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?no?z?blid/

Noun

nosebleed (plural nosebleeds)

1. A haemorrhage from the nose; most specifically, blood flow exiting the nostrils that originates from the nasal cavity.
2. (US obsolete slang) a nerd or a geek or a dork

Synonyms

• epistaxis, blood nose (Australia)

Derived terms

• nosebleed seat

Translations

See also

• nosebleed seat
• pseudoepistaxis

Cebuano

Etymology

From English nosebleed.

Adjective

nosebleed

1. (nonstandard, informal) (of an idea or argument) highly intellectual for one's own capabilities.

Verb

nosebleed

1. (nonstandard, informal) To struggle with English or to struggle to keep up conversation with an English speaker.
2. (nonstandard, informal) To tackle an idea or argument that is viewed too intellectual for one's own capabilities.

Tagalog

Etymology

From the English nosebleed.

Noun

nosebleed

1. (informal) A highly intellectual idea, argument, or task.

   Nosebleed ang mag-memoriya ng sangkatutak na mga formula sa isang gabi. -- Memorizing a whole bunch of formulas in one night is a nosebleed.

Verb

nosebleed

1. (informal) To face or tackle a highly intellectual idea, argument, or task.